LETTER: Who is to blame for rusty bridges?

I was appalled to read that $22 million had been spent on painting the twin bridges and they are already rusting.

For that much money couldn't we have just hired a couple of people for life with a couple buckets of paint and have them continuously painting and maintaining the bridges?

Contractors and paint suppliers are not held accountable. Environmentalists have made jobs like this too costly because "Gosh, we wouldn't want a drop of paint or a fleck of paint dust falling in the river." Where is the common sense when projects like these are done?